Solar Sailor Might be Coming to US

Remember the Solar Sailor? It's that Australian wonder boat that can run on virtually all of nature's elements available at sea, except sea water. The Solar Sailor is currently hard at work hauling passengers around Sydney Harbor, slashing fuel...

Remember the Solar Sailor? It's that Australian wonder boat that can run on virtually all of nature's elements available at sea, except sea water. The Solar Sailor is currently hard at work hauling passengers around Sydney Harbor, slashing fuel costs in half.

Although my hopes of seeing the Solar Sailor assume the role of the Staten Island Ferry here in NYC will not be realized any time soon, the vessel's solar propulsion technology might be coming to the United States after all. According to Gizmodo, "Australia's Solarsailor may be on the brink of bringing the technology to the mainstream. Hornblower Yachts in San Francisco is in the midst of negotiations with the Coast Guard to install a Solarsailor sail on one of their commercial ferryboats."

Solar Sailor is already headed to China. I would still prefer to see a similar craft whisking commuters around the New York Harbor. But San Francisco is a good start and I'll take what I can get.